Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education

Grants And Education To Advance Innovations In Sustainable Agriculture

Project Overview

FNE00-325
Project Type: Farmer
Funds awarded in 2000: $3,500.00
Projected End Date: 12/31/2000
Matching Non-Federal Funds: $1,500.00
Region: Northeast
State: Massachusetts
Project Leader:
Jeremy Barker-Plotkin

Multipurpose windbreaks for the protection of vegetable crops and production of fruit and nut crops.

Annual Reports

Commodities

  • Additional Plants: trees

Practices

  • Crop Production: windbreaks
  • Education and Training: demonstration, on-farm/ranch research
  • Farm Business Management: new enterprise development, feasibility study
  • Production Systems: permaculture, integrated crop and livestock systems

Proposal summary:

This project will research and evaluate which species make the most appropriate and profitable windbreaks for a five-acre vegetable plot. Crop shrubs and trees such as juneberry, hazelnut, paw-paw, persimmon, and others will be among the candidates, as well as Christmas trees. Various woody plants will be evaluated for their functional and commercial potential.

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